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News

Liberty Mutual Re hires Hannover Re exec to spearhead underwriting strategy

Liberty Mutual Re, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Uwe Haug as head of underwriting strategy and business development for its global financial risks reinsurance business.   8 January 2019

News

AmWINS secures Berkshire Hathaway backing for Unicorn MGA

US-based global insurance distributor AmWINS Group has announced it has secured backing from Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance for its London-based managing general agent (MGA), Unicorn Underwriting, to write motor fleet business.   29 March 2016

Insurance

Aon to acquire Unirobe Meeùs Groep from Aegon

Aon Groep Nederland has entered into an agreement to acquire Unirobe Meeùs Groep (UMG) from Aegon for €295 million. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017.   8 August 2017

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Pardus launches A&H division

Pardus, the London-based independent managing general agent (MGA), has launched an accident and health (A&H) division.   21 December 2015

Reinsurance

Leading from the front

Reinsurance regulatory modernisation is essential, and the US should step up to the plate, says Tracey Laws, senior vice president and general counsel of the Reinsurance Association of America.   1 May 2015

Insurance

New MGA Pyrrhic Re launches in London

Firm said it is 'here for the long-term' despite name choice.   20 November 2019

Insurance

Extreme weather events have driven spike in ILS impairments

Following the difficult years of 2017 to 2019, which were dominated by extreme hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, typhoons and winter storm events, 25 insurance-linked securities (ILS) bonds are expected to be impaired in the 12-month period to June 30.   11 September 2019

Insurance

Xceedance unveils its cost effective cat modelling platform

Xceedance, the managed services and technology company, has teamed up with Oasis Loss Modelling Framework (Oasis LMF) to provide on-demand catastrophe modelling.   11 September 2019

Insurance

AIG in $2.5bn debt raise as it acquires Validus

American International Group (AIG) is raising $2.5 billion in debt as it prepares the funding for the acquisition of Bermuda-based Validus Holdings.   22 March 2018

Insurance

Willis mulls Central Asian market growth with new Kazakhstan operation

Broker Willis Towers Watson has opened a new re/insurance operation in Kazakhstan to expand its presence in what it recognises as the "key Central Asian growth market".   14 November 2018

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